Category Archives for Sports
Triple Crown
I’ll Have Another May 19th will be the running of the Preakness thoroughbred horse race. The Preakness is the second race of the Triple Crown. Hopefully we’ll see the horse, I’ll Have Another, win the Preakness and get a chance to … Continue reading
Longest overtime NHL games in history
Did you know that Stanley Cup Playoff matches can last a really long time? There are not a lot of goals scored in a hockey match and a playoff game can not be finished as a tie. This has resulted … Continue reading
Watson save
We can’t get enough NFL. With 2012 NFL schedule just announced and the NFL draft taking place, we think it is a great time to do some NFL math. Check out the video above that revisits a truly great NFL … Continue reading
On Pace
Albert Pujols, an eleven year veteran ball player with the St. Louis Cardinals, just signed a ten-year, $240 million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Angles. Albert has been one of the best offensive players in baseball during his career. … Continue reading
Big Bucks
Peyton Manning and Albert Pujols signed big contracts during the winter of 2011-2012, paying each of them millions. Lets take a look at some of the world’s biggest sports contracts from the NBA, the NFL, MLB and European Football (what … Continue reading
Linsanity
Jeremy Lin is the New York Knicks most startling player. His story is exciting in that he graduated from Harvard in 2010 and was not immediately drafted into the NBA. At first he was playing in the NBA Development League … Continue reading
All Star Game 2012
The NBA All Star game is being held on February 26th. Did you know that this was the third major professional sport all star game in the last month. The NFL Pro Bowl and the NHL All Star Game were … Continue reading
Four Super Bowl activities, eight NFL activities in total for your students!
Use the hype to motivate your students on Friday, Monday or Tuesday with one of our four activities on the Super Bowl. There is plenty of math for everybody… Super Bowl Numerals – Roman numeral fun. This is your chance … Continue reading
Cost of Super bowl ads
Let your students practice using scientific notation as they calculate the incredible cost of Super Bowl commercials. After working with these costs, students share their memories of the ads, express their opinions about them and decide who the marketing was … Continue reading
How has the cost of a Super Bowl ad changed?
Brian has created one more Super Bowl analysis to motivate your students. Students plot the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad over the past 45 Super Bowls. How has the cost of a Super Bowl ad changed over time? … Continue reading
Typical Super Bowl scores
Do Super Bowl games tend to have typical scores? Are there usual point spreads between the losing and winning teams? In Brian’s activity, students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode) losing scores, winning … Continue reading
Super Bowl Numerals, XLVI
Super Bowl numbers are appearing again. When students see the current Super Bowl hype, let them understand the notation that all of the sports writers and advertisements are using. Introduce Roman numerals to your students as they learn the rules … Continue reading
When is Tebow Time?
Tim Tebow is the talk of the sporting world. This Saturday he goes up against Tom Brady and the Patriots in the NFL Playoffs. I keep hearing about “Tebow Time” and I wonder at what point in a game that … Continue reading
Losing team in the playoffs
In the 2011-2012 NFL season Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos made the playoffs without a winning record and have advanced in another thriller of a game by beating the Steelers. Even though the Broncos did not have a winning … Continue reading
